Membership Options
Individual membership provides benefits to support one individual member's personal career growth and development.
Organizational level membership provides benefits focused on the growth and development of the business.
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP
Individual membership is open to:
- Individual owners of establishments where one major function of cosmetology is performed
- Professionals licensed to practice cosmetology or licensed to practice any one of the major functions of cosmetology in states where licenses are required
- Professionals educated or experienced in the performance of any one of the major functions of cosmetology in states where licenses are not required
- Students enrolled in and regularly attend schools licensed or certified to teach cosmetology or one of the major functions of cosmetology
- Apprentices regularly and lawfully engaged as such in establishments that are licensed cosmetology salons
- Unlicensed individual employees of cosmetology establishments (i.e. receptionist, finance manager, etc.)
- Unlicensed individual employees of manufacturers, distributors or associate members
Annual Dues for Individuals
| Licensed Professionals | $115 |
| Unlicensed Professionals | $115 |
| Students* | $75 |
Membership terms for individual members is on a rolling calendar year. Join today and your membership won't expire until this same time next year.
JOIN NOWIf you do not wish to join or renew online, please download our Member Application Form or call 800.468.2274 to join or renew over the phone.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Organizational membership is open to:
Manufacturers, Distributors, Salons/Spas and Associates- Join the Manufacturer Section if your company manufactures or produces beauty and/or barber products for sale to wholesalers and/or distributors in the professional beauty industry and/or salons, or if you are a sales representative for such companies
- Join the Distributor Section if the primary company's primary business is purchasing beauty and/or barber products and reselling those products at wholesale to beauty salons, barbershops, and/or beauty cosmetologists, or your company sells beauty products over-the-counter, or you are a sales representative for such companies
- Join the Salon/Spa Section if your company provides professional beauty services to the public, or is a licensed cosmetology school. Businesses with 3+ W2 employees are eligible.
- Join the Associate Section if your company serves the beauty industry in an auxiliary capacity (i.e. public relations firms, publishers, printing companies, graphic artists, signage, software companies and other business services). Associate membership is open to all and includes the established benefits of membership with the exception of organization voting rights
PBA partners with select companies interested in providing discounts on goods and/or services to its members. For more information on the PBA Benefit Provider application process, visit here.
Annual Dues for Organizations**
| Less than $500,000 | $175 |
| $500,000 - $1 million | $250 |
| $1 million - $2.5 million | $400 |
| $2.5 million - $5 million | $500 |
| $5 million - $7 million | $750 |
| $7 million - $10 million | $1,000 |
| $10 million - $25 million | $1,500 |
| $25 million - $50 million | $2,500 |
| $50 million - $75 million | $4,000 |
| $75 million - $100 million | $5,000 |
| $100 million or more | $7,500 |
PBA organizational memberships are on a calendar year schedule. Organizational members pay full dues in their first year. Second year annual dues are pro-rated for mid-year memberships.
JOIN NOWIf you do not wish to join or renew online, please download our Member Application Form or call 800.468.2274 to join or renew over the phone.
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